Get Your Knuckles On VIP Movie Tickets And A Signed Poster (Courtesy of the Subway Squawkers)

So have you seen any good movies lately?  No?  Well, what if I told you that the Subway Squawkers (Lisa Swan and Jon Lewin) are giving you the chance to win VIP seats for the TriBeCa Film Festival premier of Knuckleball! on April 21?  Did that get your attention?

But, wait!  There's more!

In addition to the VIP seats, you could also win a movie poster autographed by four knuckleball artists from the past and present.  What would you say to a poster signed by current Met R.A. Dickey, the recently retired Tim Wakefield, 216-game winner Charlie Hough and former 20-game winner Jim Bouton (who, like Dickey, has ventured into books with his controversial "Ball Four")?

There are no operators standing by and you don't have to send anything for shipping and handling.  All you have to do is e-mail Lisa and Jon at subwaysquawkers@gmail.com and tell them what your fav'rit sports movie is.  That's it!  No credit card information will be taken and you don't have to make promises to buy a ShamWow in the future.

But you do have to e-mail them with the name of your fav'rit sports movie by Wednesday, April 18 at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (4am if you're an Alaskan Squawker fan) to be eligible to win.  (For the record, I have two fav'rit sports movies - BASEketball and Celtic Pride.  BASEketball is just the funniest movie about a made-up sport ever and Celtic Pride ends with my beloved Utah Jazz winning the NBA title.)

So what are you waiting for?  Don't pick up the phone!  Don't get a check or money order!  And don't "knuckle" under the pressure!  Just send them an e-mail and you could win VIP seats for Knuckleball! as well as a signed movie poster (featuring your fav'rit Met and mine, R.A. Dickey).  Hope to see you there.  Good luck!

For more on this offer or to read more of Lisa and Jon's squawks, please visit the Subway Squawkers website by clicking here. 

Gary, Keith & Ron To Be Replaced (For Two Innings)

The beloved team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling will be replaced in the SNY booth tonight. Before you start calling for Fred Wilpon's head (save it for the day he fails to open his wallet to re-sign Jose Reyes), let me specify that the SNY crew will only be replaced for two innings. And who will be in the booth for those two innings?

None other than Bob Costas and Al Michaels.

Legendary broadcasters Costas and Michaels will be covering the Mets-Giants game for the MLB Network. Then during the fourth and fifth innings, they will switch with Gary Cohen and Ron Darling (Keith doesn't do games from his hometown) and will provide SNY viewers with the play-by-play and analysis. They will then move over to the San Francisco TV booth and call the game for their local channel in the sixth and seventh innings.

It will be the first time Al Michaels broadcasts a major league baseball game since 1995, as well as the his first pairing with Bob Costas in the booth.

However, some movie enthusiasts might disagree with that last statement. After all, the two did team up in the broadcast booth for several scenes in the movie "BASEketball" (see clip below), where they got, how shall we say this, a little too excited to be working together.



Don't forget to tune in tonight at 10:15PM (8:15PM Mountain Time, in case you live somewhere near South Park, Colorado), as the Mets play the first of three games against the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.

With Gary Cohen and Ron Darling passing the SNY baton to Bob Costas and Al Michaels for two innings, you never know what could happen. But you do know that you're going to be fully entertained and informed by two of the greatest sports broadcasters of our generation. That's reason enough to get excited. Right, Mr. Costas?